Fluorinated chemicals in microwave popcorn bags

The Danish consumer council, Forbrugerrådet Tænk, tested the bags of nine brands of microwave oven popcorn and found that the lining of every variety tested contained perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs), such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA). Actual migration of these substances into the food was not studied. PFCAs are very persistent in the environment and in the human body. PFOA has been linked to infertility, cancer and other diseases in lab animals. There are no long term studies in humans, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggests that PFOA be classified as a likely human carcinogen (Food Packaging Forum, 30 June 2015).
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